From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4E901382C0 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:37:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A83E521C02B; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:37:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f46.google.com (mail-wg0-f46.google.com [74.125.82.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13858E068E for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:36:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id dr13so7692162wgb.25 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:36:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=n8npRo97c4hP2ixGgPtNIsVLr7kxBgKY1Hnt3tmzW0g=; b=wCQn/1EQoZS37EqZ++s7fxzhwJ9wQCFojfDFCj/nf6RX0RYEtujmXaUj0FgJdC47yI pQIX1plYxRnf2/teEuvN/Dy7Z4f38uwcdBYSF/EyBRIztMzLoWoHrIDQ8EgNSi0Kky8X sTWsujqhorqlDVDmt16h6TYkSP65+Z7mpuabL9A0GdECoXNmsgwcHzQ4gjo3Qh4QmiN2 vEAJFPDnRxSgOmeJI8aA0zj/XqeIwa9ga5D2S9dBN3q095JVkxkLZuOaA/budD99+3Vb YEnO/xa0G16hny0iw2GH7BR/KC3pmNaDgRGRybMuOe1CNnKZ8wnNYOITj9zY2xElC6am qQog== X-Received: by 10.194.118.229 with SMTP id kp5mr86522844wjb.2.1357338968761; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:36:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-209-117.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.209.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gz3sm1036235wib.2.2013.01.04.14.36.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:36:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 00:31:53 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Resetting USB flash Message-ID: <20130105003153.719b3f53@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201301041632.26752.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5c9cb78c-4c32-4dbf-b473-9c8b17020b03 X-Archives-Hash: 9de205c0ecbd5fd70bd132f75043875d On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:32:14 +0000 Mick wrote: > I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to > have locked itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and > purposes I cannot write to it in any conceivable way. > > I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros > into /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the > partition table, but nothing seems to work. > > /dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to > delete/format/overwrite it. > > Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash > chip to make it work again? USB sticks don't last long. When they do that, they are nuked. They cost about as much as a packet of smokes. Chuck it in the bin, buy a new one, move on. It's not worth the time to even attempt to fix it. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com